
Pine Grove, WV West Virginia 26419
When you require your chimney swept, we are here and prepared to help! We provide a wide range of chimney services including sweeping, maintenance, and repairs. Simply give us a call and we can assist with your chimney needs!
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A chimney sweep will do a detailed chimney cleaning to remove any type of deposits, residue, creosote, and obstructions from the chimney. Filthy, damaged deteriorating, and obstructed chimneys trigger injuries and also fires yearly. If you use you fire place or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association recommends having your chimney inspected and swept once a year in order to protect against fires.
A chimney service specialist will execute a total cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are really not effective and also are not recommended. They will not remove all the soot and creosote accumulation out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To start, a cleaning service technician will protect the inside of your residence by spreading tarps over the area, flooring, and also fireplace. They will cover the fireplace with plastic sheeting, putting an industrial vacuum hose right into the fireplace, and will then tape and also seal off the fireplace. They'll attach extension tubes and run them to the commercial vacuum with a fine micron filter which sits outside. This will trap the fine soot, creosote, and other dust later.
Next off, they will clean the entire chimney with hand held brushes, and brushes with extension poles. Typically they will start on top of the smokeshaft and work downward, meticulously brushing all the surfaces. Your chimney sweep will clean the flue, the damper, the smoke chamber, the smoke shelf, and the firebox.
They will then peel back a small portion of the vinyl sheet and use a variety of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and cleaned up. The vinyl sheeting and tarps will be moved outside, cleaned and put away.
Our professional chimney specialists offer a complete variety of services including sweeping. We give rapid and also reputable service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like compound which forms from burning wood or coal. It begins as a loose, feathery accumulation which initially can be brushed away easily. As it accumulates much more, it comes to be tar-like, and is harder to get rid of, sometimes requiring the use of scrapers to remove it. If left uncleaned, and more layers develop, the creosote hardens.
When a fire is burned in the fireplace or wood stove, the smoke comes to be extremely hot. Hardened creosote can begin to drip and melt like wax. As soon as the build up of creosote is really heavy, it restricts the air flow through the chimney flue. The restricted air circulation causes creosote to accumulate even quicker.
Creosote is unsafe in a number of different ways. It's toxic and dangerous for your health, and it places your home in jeopardy of fires.
Creosote accumulation creates reduced air flow and this can allow carbon monoxide to accumulate inside your home while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide gas is an odorless and colorless gas which can trigger flu-like symptoms, and can also result in death.
Besides the carbon monoxide gas accumulation, creosote itself is toxic. It might cause inflamed skin and eyes, respiratory system troubles, and is carcinogenic (cancer triggering).
The most unsafe feature of creosote is that it is exceptionally flammable. It's the most usual cause of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to endure a high level of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can rapidly exceed this level.
Getting a chimney sweep performed is the very best and also most effective way to remove creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take excellent care of your chimney and also your residence. We suggest that you get your chimney cleaned and checked at the very least yearly in order to prevent fires and poisonous build up.
Exactly how often a chimney must be cleaned depends of how often you use it and what materials you burn within. Gas burning fire places must be inspected every year. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, debris, cracks and other concerns can develop which can allow carbon monoxide to enter into the residence.
Oil burning flues need to be cleaned annually to prevent residue from building up.
Due to the fact that wood burning fire places and stoves produce even more residue and creosote, they must be swept more often. A great rule of thumb is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned inside.